Webster (People in the News)

Anne Lipscomb Webster retired from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History on April 30 after serving the Mississippi public for thirty-seven years in the reference services section. Webster began work with MDAH in 1977, becoming head librarian in 1980 and working that position until 1990 when the Division was re-organized. Returning to manage the reference services unit exclusively, Webster (nee Lipscomb) and former co-worker, Kathleen Hutchison, co-authored, "Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors," in 1994. Webster has served in various capacities in the Special Libraries Section of MLA, and the Mississippi Historical Society; she also has taught the enrichment classes at Millsaps College, and is on the speaker's bureau of the Mississippi Humanities Council.

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